 |
 |
Dear Thomas, An interesting film was done in Germany that may interest you. I have no idea when it was done but it has been well over thirty years since I saw it. The title is "Die Reste ist Schweige" (The Rest is Silence). It is a modern adaptation in which Ophelia is the daughter of a rich family. At the end of the film she goes insane. She goes into the family green house and breaks all the blossoms on the flowers and, as I recall, is then taken away to an asylum. Let me know if you find it on tape becuase I would really like to see it again. yrs, tom ault On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:15:54 +0100 Thomas Larque <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I hope this is not a duplicate posting to the list. I attempted to >send it >previously but lost the connection with my ISP, and do not think that >it was >sent successfully. > >I have added an "Ophelia Bibliography" >(http://shakespearean.org.uk/ophbib1.htm) to my website "Shakespeare >and >His Critics". This is only a working draft at this stage, but >already >contains 245 items. This Bibliography aims to list books, essays, >articles, >dissertations, novels, plays and poems which are centred on or deal >extensively (or with great originality) with the character of Ophelia >from >Shakespeare's "Hamlet", and which were written in English or are >available >in English translation. > >I would be very grateful if anybody with an interest in Ophelia would >take a >look at the Bibliography, and let me know what they think. Any >additions, >corrections, or suggestions would be very welcome. If you have read >or >published any work on Ophelia (or have seen or written a play about >her that >has been performed, whether published or not) which is not included >in the >current Bibliography then please let me know by E-Mailing >[log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] . > >I am particularly interested in hearing about original adaptations >based on >Shakespeare's play - whether plays, novels, short stories, or poems - >which >are centred on Ophelia or which give a significant rereading of her >place >within the play (the last category includes works like "Der >Berstrafte >Brudermord" [which gives a number of new comic scenes to Ophelia] or >W.S.Gilbert's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern" [in which Ophelia is >rescued >from Hamlet by the romantic attentions of the attendant lords], but >not >works like Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" [in >which >Ophelia is a minor character with no significant alterations from >Shakespeare's play] nor performance scripts which merely cut and edit >the >Shakespearean originals without adding significant new material). I >am >interested in plays which deal significantly with Ophelia even if >they have >been performed but never published. > >Many thanks for any help that anybody can give me. > >Thomas Larque. > >"Shakespeare and His Critics" >http://shakespearean.org.uk